The word dollar is much older than the American unit of currency. It is an Anglicised form of thaler, (pronounced taler, with a long a), the name given to coins first minted in 1519 from locally mined silver in Joachimsthal in Bohemia.ollars in Shakespeare. Interesting examples of the use of the word dollar in Britain long before the creation of the United States-in fact the English colonisation of North America had scarcely begun-can be found in two of Shakespeare's plays.
Opinion 2016 Presidential Election George W. Bush al gore. This article first appeared on The Daily Signal. In the 2016 presidential election, one candidate is warning about voter fraud, while another proclaims Russians are interfering. Itâs not the first time contenders have alleged some form of a âriggedâ election. Tuesday in the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama dismissed concerns of fraud.
100 Years of Presidential Election Results. by Bob Vetrone Jr. The staff here at BoopStats are certainly not the political junkies that exist elsewhere at the Daily News, but we do love numbers ... And there are no more significant numbers than the ones generated on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November every four years. So, thanks to the folks at UCSB and their fine website dedicated to the United States Presidency, we present the election results for the last 100 years, dating to the first time all 48 contiguous states took part. The UCSB has every election broken down by state and more information.